Work from Tuesday's lesson...

Task1: find the definitions fo these words:

Junkful, Reticule, Coup, Enigmatic, Eclecticism, Flunkey, Ironic fad, Monocle, paraphernalia, Sarcophagi, Amniotic salinity, Calyx, Etudes, Evanescent, Chatelaine, Feudal, Voluptuary, Stertorously, Ermine, Ebony, Vermillion, Mahogany, Turquoise and Nicotine.

Task 2: find five quotations on the following study areas:

Images used to portray herself before the consummation of the marriage
Relationship to the marquis
Personality and portrayal after the consummation
Impact of her experiences on the rest of her life
Roles(s) within the story

Frankenstein work

Please complete this task for next Monday...

The outcome of message of chapters 11-15 is as follows:

• Man and demon can never coexist peacefully.

Buld an argument and evidence this message.
How also is Walton evidence of this statement?

We will discuss in lesson. Bring your points with you.

Mr. D

Reading...

General reading...

- Short Story Article - selling them short.
- Class responses from Child Roland (this may help develop ideas you could use in your coursework essay - you can quote for A03, interpretations of others, fellow students)

Specific Reading...
- BlueBeard story

Please ensure you are prepared for the debate next Monday.

Which is a stronger theme in Chapter 9 – Alienation or Religion?


• Find evidence and develop an argument for a debate;
• each person must speak;
• Each side will have 5 minutes to elaborate your arguments.

Cheers,

Mr. D

Developing a comparison linked to the effects of the Gothic Novel

These are the two task started in lesson time that should be complete by next Monday as your Milestones:

Task 1

'Gothic novels should not deal so much with the ordinary lives of the protagonist but should terrify the readder with elements of the supernatural.'

Compare this statement to the three texts you have been studying. It should be no longer than 500 words

Task 2

'I beheld those i loved spend vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts.'

Using this quotation in you opening, write Victor's confession to the same Roman Catholic confessor as Justine. Review Chapter 8 for any other religious references to support your response.

Each task should be no longer than 500 words. The combined tasks will be used to form your milestone assessment.


Mr. D

Half - term

Please complete 2 of the questions on the sheet given out during last lesson. The responses should be an A4 sheet back and front - typing is okay.

Also, complete the critical reading on transgression given out.

And, finally, complete your task on Frankenstein - 5 quotes, with analysis, on the religious depiction of Elizabeth throughout the novel.

:)Mr. D

Frankenstein introductions...

Please post your Frankenstein introduction here...they should introduce the text, it's themes and story to a Year 12 audience. Please review the other introductions by your peers as they may challenge or inform your own view.

Mr. D

Milestone Reflections

The task set for your response was: 1) How has the Poe story you have read today compare with the earlier ones you looked at this week? 2)What characteristics seem so essential to Gothic; even over time?

The PowerPoint presentation and the work of Yuliya and Fran successfully addressed the first section of the task, but the second part wasn't as developed. Can you spend some time building a reflection on this second point and posting it through this week. I will add these into my Milestone judgements for the following week.

Thanks,

Mr. D

Gothic words and definitions

Please post the definitions of your words in the comments section (by Thursday), wait until all have posted theirs too and print (in lessson) - glue into your note books.

Mr. D

The list....

Please post your definition of Gothic as a comment on the blog - thankyou for this all ready Daisy.

Set up your annotations (24/09/10)
Re-reading of the letter and The Bloody Chamber (21/09/10)

• Read the critical article on Victorian Fantasy (24/09/10)
• Read the Browning context (24/09/10)

During the reading, please annotation anything relevant to the poem/gothic and record on A4 all the relevant critical quotes (I will check them- should be at least 2-3 pages) (24/09/10)

Re-reading and Definitions of Gothic

Firstly, can you ensure that you have re-read the following sections of texts:

The Bloody Chamber (title story)
The Letters at the beginning of Frankenstein

Due: next Tuesday

Secondly, using the websites on the main page, construct your own definition of Gothic Literature. However, you need to present to the class as if we were 6 year old children.

Due: This Friday

Mr. D

Elegy 16 & 18

As revision for these two poems, you need to complete a cross-genre activity. In your groups, assigned in lesson, prepare a short film (2 mins) that presents the content of your designated poem.

It should be in the style of a soap opera (any of your English trash or proper soaps from Australia).

You don't all need to be in the film, but you all should have some part, re-writing, filming, editing, makeup or costume (Mr. Lawes has some evening wear you could borrow).

Cross dressing will be a prerequisite in all submissions.

We could present them after school on Friday.....?

Mr. D

After your speeches...

After you have given your speech, can you please type it up (the lines you performed) and give a brief explanation of the content/meaning.

Then, can you place it on a revision card(10cmx8cm), enough for everyone in your class so they can revise/learn it in preparation for the exam.

Cheers,

Mr. D

Duchess of Malfi Revision...

You should now have completed your revision schedule with outcomes after attending the lesson earlier in the week. I will be asking for evidence of this and the work that you've produced over the next weeks.

• If you are the Monday period 3 group, you will be required to learn a key speech from the Duchess of Malfi and perform it on the 30/04/10. We will chose character for you on Friday 23rd April.
• If you are in the Tuesday period 1 group, you will be required to do the same, but will perform it on the 29/04/10.

Remember - it should be no shorter than 10 lines. To aid in your knowledge of this speech you are required to fully annotate it like you would poem. Please use the back pages of you Donne annotations book to complete this!

If you have to prepare something for lesson, don't forget. DL - looking forward to your line of poetry. AW - looking forward to you intended meaning challenge. DK - can't remember exactly what we said you'd do - but I'm looking forward to it as well.

Mr. D

Act 5 reflection...

Referring the Act 5 Sc2, respond to the following statement:

The Cardinal’s ennui is the ennui of everyone who runs out of steam living two lives or living by double standards? How far do you agree with this statement?

No more that 300 words please.

Mr. D

Act 5 quick research task...

Unless you imitate some that do plot great treasons,
And when they have done, go hide themselves I’th’ graves
Of those were actors in’t (lines 291 -3)

Research what Webster referring to here. First correct entry from both classes will win a literary prize!

Mr. D

Act 4 follow up work...

After completing the lesson on Act 4, please respond to the following statement:

Psychological disintegration is often the central horror of Renaissance tragedy. With particular reference to Act 4, how far do you think this statement is true in relation to Duchess of Malfi?

For extension, I'd like to see some research/investigation, and therefore Ao3 references, psychological issues as expressed in the Renaissance period.

Regards,

Mr. D

Holy Sonnets...

In lesson, you will receive one Holy Sonnet by John Donne. You are to respond imaginative and critically as follows:

• You are God.
• You are to send Donne a letter, responding to the arguments and devotions of his poems. In his Holy Sonnets, Donne expresses his intense and personal reflections on faith. Desire seems to be an inverse process, as Donne wishes to become possessed by faith.
• You should critique his assertions and his poetic form (oh, yes, God is a fan of poetry).

You should show your knowledge of your chosen sonnet through your response to Donne. Please address it and send it as follows:

Mr. J. Donne

c/o The Head of A Level English

Jo Richardson Community School

Castle Green, Gale Street

Dagenham, RM9 4UN.

(Don't forget to write a return address on the back of the envelope in case it gets lost!)

I should receive it no later than 10 days after you have this lesson with me. This will leave me enough time to deliver the letter to him before Easter (he gets a little busy around this time).

Regards,

Mr. D

After your lesson/s on Act 3....

Can you pleae respond to the following question in approximately 100 words:

How is the fable of the ‘salmon and dogfish’ a fitting tale for the end of Act 3?

Mr. D

The Holy Poems...

Starting next week, we're going to move off Donne's Love poems and move towards his holy ones. In preparation for this you need to complete the following in preparation for the lessons - it's not in your interests to fail to complete this work.

a) read Holy Sonnet (At the round earth's imagined corners blow) & Hymn to God the Father;
b) using the internet, research the nature of his holy poems;
c) specifically find information about these two poems;
d) fully annotate both poems and have your research notes ready for lesson.

If you have any difficulties, please see me in advance of the lessons.

Mr. D

Group task...

In groups designated in lessons, prepare a series of activites to help the rest of the class explore the poems, The Appartion and Women's Constancy.

I don't simply want a PowerPoint Presentation, you need to lead discussion and activities to help unpick the argument/meanings of the poem.

I'll discuss the due dates with you in lesson times.

Mr. D

Act 2 Villiany: Bosola and the bad arse bros (surely they hang at the Heathway?)...

Please reveiw Act 2 and respond to this question with evidence from the text:

In Act 2, do we see the Duchess grow in humainty or does her selfishness detract from our admiration of her?

Cheers,

Mr. D

D of M book work....

After your lesson on Act 1 of The D of M, you should set up some pages (possibly at the back of your workbooks) with the following structure and title which cover the conflicts within the play.

Private domestic sphere vs public politcal sphere
Personal desire versus public responsibility
Political vs the family
Dynsaty vs the family
Bourgeois vs the aristocracy
The individual vs society
Virtuous angel vs lusty whore
Brother's grotesque misogyny (there is one in the scene where Ferdinand and the Cardinal ban her from marrying) vs Antonio's raturous idealisation
Body politic vs body natural
Political identity versus sexual identity
Sane versus the Mad

Also, you should set up some pages for quotation for charcacters that should their development - but also don't forget to think about the methods of charcterisation too!

With all of these pages you should divide the pages into 2 columns: 1 for quotes the other for explanations and thoughts!

Any problems, come and see me!

Mr. D

Resit Revision task

Plan all of these essays (with introductions) and then write at least a paragraph for each ensuring you cover AO4.

Making close reference to language, imagery and verse form, consider the ways...

a) in which the landscape of war is presented in 'The Show'
b) how Owen shows society lacked sympathy in 'A Terre'
c) how Owen represents the psychological, not just physical effects of the war in 'Mental Cases'
d) the ways in which Owen changes the landscape of war poetry in 'The Last Laugh'

Does Owen present this more or less effectively here than in other poems from the selection?

Bring all of this for discussion on Monday 8-10am.

Mr. D

Creative Task...

Imagine you are the women who killed the flea, Write an entry in your journal in which you relate the event, detailing your lover’s entreaties for you to relinquish your chastity. Reflect on your beliefs about sex and honour, and whether you find the lover’s rhetoric convincing.

For independent practice, students should complete the following creative response – For extension some students may wish to write as poetry.

Mr. D

Typed notes from Oxford Lecture...

Please post your notes from the Oxford Lecture on The Duchess of Mafi here. You needn't present everything here - key features of the lecture only. This is in case you missed a point or if other had other thoughts on the matter to share.

Also, you need to have notes complete by next Monday/Tuesday on Jacobean Tragedy. These do not have to be typed, but I'll expect at least a A4 page back and front (considering I've already marked several section this should be easy!)

Mr. D

Reading and preparation...

You should now be reading through the section on the source of the play (D of M) in preparation for next Monday or Tuesday's lesson - you need to have notes taken from the reading - not just annotations on the text.

I have also handed out a chapter, called Apostasy, on Donne. You should be reading through this chapter over the week (towards next Thursday or Friday) and recording notes on anything you find insightful (i will be checking these and setting time for those who fail to do so).

When you have completed the lesson on the Song: 'Sweetest love, i do not go' you'll also receive some advanced reading for the Flea. I'll hold back on further reading till next week as there is further preparation required for subsequent poems.

The order in which we will study the poems follows. You will, as usual, be required to complete the diction and intended meaning sections of your annotations in preparation for the lessons (and will be sent away to complete them if you haven't).

Go, and Catch a Falling Star
Sweetest love, I do not go
The Flea
The Sunne Rising
The Good Morrow
The Canonisation
Twickenham Garden
Love's Alchemy
Love's Growth
The Ecstasy
The Apparition (complete annotations independently after student lessons)
Woman's Constancy (complete annotations independently after student lessons)
Holy Sonnet IV (complete annotations independently)
Hymn to God the Father (complete annotations independently)
Holy Sonnet XIV
A Nocturnall upon St Lucie's Day

(Some of you missed the two Elegy's and we'll need to make a time to do these too!)

Regards,

Mr. D